Winemaker Notes
Light shiny golden in color. Beautiful elegant Chardonnay aromas fill the glass. Fine ripe fruit with a lush creaminess and abundant floral notes. The mouth-feel is ripe but delicate and very well-balanced. There is great ripe concentrated fruit feel, lovely skin and fine lees characters, and a wonderfully refined acidity. The wine has a medium body with clean and pure fruit and a long pleasing finish. This is the perfect Chardonnay for a hot Summer day and the most divine partner to food.
Serve slightly chilled with a variety of foods, including shellfish, lobster, crab cakes, and chicken, veal or pork. This vintage is the perfect wine to experience the classic pairing of Chardonnay and farmhouse cheddar.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
A far-reaching peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the city of New York, the Long Island appellation includes The Hamptons and North Fork AVAs. With a maritime climate and conditions not unlike that in Bordeaux, the region excels in the production of Bordeaux varieties, namely Merlot and Cabernet Franc.